In this June 12, 2013, photo, workers assemble Volkswagen Passat sedans at the German automaker's plant in Chattanooga, Tenn.

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G. Chambers Williams III
The Tennessean

Eight Chattanooga Volkswagen workers have filed complaints with the National Labor Relations Board saying they were misled or coerced into signing cards requesting union representation at the plant.

They filed the charges against the United Auto Workers union through the NRLB's Atlanta office with the assistance of attorneys from the Washington, D.C.-based National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. The workers were not immediately identified.

The foundation has been actively opposing attempts by the UAW to organize the 2,500 Volkswagen hourly workers through the so-called ...